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Regional leaders step up support for world-first nuclear fusion facility to come to Cumbria
Regional leaders step up support for world-first nuclear fusion facility to come to Cumbria Plans to locate a first-of-kind nuclear commercial fusion power plant at Moorside in West Cumbria have been given a boost, with leaders meeting in Westminster to show their support for the project. Copeland MP Trudy Harrison hosted a reception at the […]
Carlisle Hawker Festival lineup revealed
Carlisle Hawker Festival lineup revealed Carlisle is set to welcome back the Hawker Festival – an open-air event packed with stalls and live music. The city centre event was held for the first-time last year. This year’s event will be held between Thursday 9 and Sunday 12 June and will feature street food, seating areas […]
Midsummer Music
Midsummer Music “Where words fail, music speaks” (Hans Christian Anderson) On Saturday 25th June at St Mary Magdalene, Hayton, some of Northern Cumbria’s best professional and amateur musicians will come together to celebrate midsummer with a programme of beloved, well-known, classical works and light-hearted jazzy pieces. This time last year we still didn’t know whether […]
Beacon lighting celebration outside Carlisle Castle
Beacon lighting celebration outside Carlisle Castle at 10pm on Thursday 2 June Carlisle is proud to be part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons on Thursday 2 June 2022. Carlisle City Council is playing its part in the lighting of Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons in the first special event celebrating Her Majesty, The Queen’s 70th […]
Young creatives invited to new career festival
Young creatives invited to new career festival Well Whitehaven is inviting artistic young people to ‘Creative Pathways’ – a new festival set to inspire people aged 14 to 21 to pursue a career in creative industries. The event will host three industry workshops on July 1 at Whitehaven Rugby League Club – with sessions running […]
‘Reach Out’ Health and Wellbeing Event heads to Workington
Workington Town Council is holding a free health and wellbeing ‘Reach Out’ event in Vulcan Park on Saturday 14th May from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, ‘Reach Out’ coincides with Mental Health Awareness week and will bring together businesses, charities, organisations and individuals who all have something to offer in […]
Wigton Motor Club wins National Award
The Chairman of Motor Sport UK flew into Cumbria to present Wigton Motor Club with a prestigious award for coming second in the Motor Club of the Year. David Richards landed his helicopter at the Motor House at Moota to attend the annual awards buffet held by the club and in a speech outlined the radical […]
GDF events focus on what matters to local people
Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership is holding a series of events to talk about what a Geological Disposal Facility could mean – with experts answering questions on the subjects which matter most to local people. Following feedback from three weeks of drop-ins held in March, these larger scale events will focus on the areas people […]
Gifts by the Lake A Treasure Trove of Gifts, Games and even Gin!
Gifts by the Lake A Treasure Trove of Gifts, Games and even Gin! Gifts by the Lake is one of the most recent additions to Keswicks high Street. This wonderful shop is filled with gorgeous gifts and so much more! When the pandemic hit the country, business owners Jo Clarke and Ed Riley, whose previous […]
Art knows no barriers as East meets West
Art knows no barriers as East meets West – West Cumbrian artists are on the march as they head east of the county to showcase their work with their new exhibition May@4 ‘Reconnect’ The new exhibition from the West Cumbrian branch of EVAN ( Eden Valley Artistic Network ) will run from 2nd – 28th […]
